Jassa is set to appear in the second series of Legends in a Russian speaking role.

Based on the book by Robert Littell and developed by Howard Gordon (Homeland, 24),Legends stars Sean Bean (Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, GoldenEye) as an undercover FBI agent with the ability to develop a new identity for each assignment.

Legends will mark Jassa’s first foreign language performance, playing Russian paratrooper Vasily. Owing to his mixed British-Indian heritage Jassa is a fluent Punjabi speaker and continued his passion for languages at University College London, studying Russian and Spanish.

The episode is directed by Jeff T. Thomas and written by Aaron Allen. Legends is scheduled to start on November 2nd 2015 on TNT. UK air dates on Sky One are to be announced.